Cabinet stove



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CABINET STOVE Filed Feb. l, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l CABINET STOVE Filed Feb. l, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 19, 1934 cammzr.srovu Charles J. Rogers, Cicero, Ill., asslgnorto Crown ,Stove Works, Cicero, Ill., a corporation of Application February 1,

1932, Serial No. 590,029

Claims. (Cl. 1ze 37) The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of gas or electric stove which will present the appearance of a kitchen cabinet when not in use; to provide improved I covers adapted to conceal the burner top when the stove is not in use; and to provide a stove of this kind having anpimproved form of cabinet 'pans 21.

positioned to receive heat from the burner .box

so as to be adapted for use as a warming closet.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, Wherein: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet stove, showing the burner top covers and cabinet doors in closed positions.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the upper part of the stove, showing the burner top covers and warming closet doors,in open positions.

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse vertical section of the stove, taken on the line 33 of Figure 1, but showing the warming closet doors,

burner top covers and valve guard in open posi tiens.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical section, taken on the line 44 of Figure a. Figures 5 and 6 aredetails of the sliding connection between the cabinet and the warming closet doors In the form herein'shown, the improved stove comprises a framel having a front wall 2, end

walls 3, rear wall 4, and bottom wall 5. Sheet metal lnings 6 are spaced inwardly from the rear,

bottom, and end walls and, if desired, insulation packing 7 may beinserted in the intermediate spaces.

Formed in the center of the frame, is the usual bake oven 8 and broiler oven 9, separated by a horizontal partition 10. The hake oven has a hinged door 11 and the broiler oven has a'drawer 12 provided with a front hinged plate 13 i'orming a closure or door. Located on respectively opposite sides of the two ovens, are storage compartments having hinged doors 14. Located above the ovens and storage compartments, is a burner box 15 having a pair of open 4.5 ings 16 in the front wall of the stove, in which are mounted hinged guards 17. Located in the burner box directly behind the openings 16, are four burners 18 arranged in a single row. These burners are controlled by valves 19 having handies 20 which are arranged to engage the hinged April 9, 1929.

the guards when in Rogers Patent No. 1,773,754, issued August 26, 1930.

The arrangement 'of ovens, Storage cniprtments and valve guards herein shown is described and clamed in Claus Patent No. 1,708,469. issued 60 Mounted below the burners are the usual drip The burner box has .a bottom 22, Which is spaced from the top Y fine an air passage 24 communicating with the oven through openings 25. This air passage. also a horizontalpassage 26f0f a the rear wall of the frame. The burner box communicates 'with a horizontal ro passage 28 of this fie.

Mo,untedon the stove frame above the burners, is a burner top 29 which preferably extends rearwardly to approximatelythe center of the frame.

Mounted on the rear p ortion of theframe, be, hind the burner top, is an upright cabinet 30 having an upper storage compartment 31, anda lower 'warmng closet 32. The storage compartment is provided with a pair of hinged doors 33. Located between the storage compartment and the warm- 'ing closet, are three horizontal partitons 34,

35 and 36 which are spaced apart vertically. Be-

cates with the passage 40 through apertures 41 in the rear wall of the cabinet.

The warming closet has a pair of front opening doors 44 Which are movable to a vertical position,

in the side edges of the doors 44. Shoulders 49 at the inner ends of these grooves prevent the doors 44 from being completely withdrawn from the guide tracks, When the doors 44 are with- 23 of the main oven to de- 66 stove is not in use. When the burners are in.

use, the covers 53 are shifted rearwardly to the concealed position below the bottom plate 50.

In operation, when thestove is in use, the bottom plate 50 of the warming closet is heated by the hot air which flows rearwardly through the bumer box. The warming closet is further heated by warm air passing through the openings 42. When the stove is not in use for cooking purposes,

- the covers 53 are moved forwardly to overlie the y burner top and the doors 44 are moved outwardly and then downwardly to close the warming closet.

Although but one specificembodimentof this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that certain details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the following claims.

Iclaim:

1. A stove comprising a frame having a burner box, a horizontal burner top.overlying the forward portion of said burner box, an outlet flue communicating with said burner box at the rear of said frame, a battery of burners in said burner box and arranged in a row below said burner top, a horizontal shelf overlying the rear portion of said burner box, said shelf being located between said burners and said flue so as to be exposed to the heat of the air passing to said ,flue, a guideway below said shelf, and a horizontal cover slidably mounted on said guideway and movable forwardly into closed position to overlie said burner-top, said cover. being concealed by said shelf when in open position. r

2. A stove comprising a. frame having a burner box in its upper portion, a horizontal burner top overlying the forward portion of said burner box, a cabinet mounted on said frame directly above the rear portion of said burner box, said cabinet having a bottom shelf. exposed to the heat of said burner box, said cabinet having a front opening adjacent said burner top, a door for said opening, and a horizontally movable cover adapted to overlie said burner top, said cover being movable to a concealed position below said bottom shelf.

3. A stove comprising a frame having a burner box in its upper portion, a burner top overlying the forward portion of said burner box, an outlet flue communioating with said burner box at the rear of said frame, a cabinet mounted on said frame directly above the rear portion of said burner box, a burner in said burner box arranged below said burner top, said cabinet having a bottom shelf, said shelf being located between said burner and said flue so as to be exposed to the heat of the air passing to said flue, and a horizontal cover slidably mounted on said burner top and movable rearwardly in a horizontal plane to a concealed position below said shelf.

4. -A stove comprising a frame having an oven compartment, aburner box above said oven, a burner top overlying the forward portion of said burner box, a cabinet mounted on said frame directly above the rear portion of said burner box, a bottom shelf on said cabinet, a horizontal cover slidably mounted on said frame and adapted to overlie said burner top when. closed, said cover being movable rearwardly'to a position below said shelf so as to be concealed thereby, said cover and shelf being adaptedto form ceilingsfor said burner box, and a flue on the rear wall of said frame having separate openings in communication with said oven, burner box, and with said cabinet.

5. A stove comprising a frame having front and rear walls. a burner box in the upper part of said frame and extending from said front wall to said rear wall, an outlet flue communicating with said burner box at the rear of said frame,

a batteryof burners in said burner box and arranged in a row along said front wall, a shelf forming a top for therear portion of said burner box along said rear wall, said shelf being located between said burners andsaid flue so as to be exposed to the heat of the air passing to said CHARLES J. ROGERS, 

